1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 30, 2:50 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 350 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2003 FRONTAL BOUNDARY CURRENTLY STRETCHED OUT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA. WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT EARLIER TODAY HAS SLACKENED AS THE MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVITY CURRENTLY ONGOING IS DIURNALLY DRIVEN. EXPECT MOST OF THE DEEPER CORE T-STORMS TO DIE AS THE SUN SETS...HOWEVER WITH FRONT IN THE VICINITY...WILL HOLD ONTO CHANCE POPS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. MORE OF THE SAME CAN BE EXPECTED TOMORROW. WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING A FLOOD WATCH AS MANY LOCATIONS TODAY ARE EXPERIENCING THEIR FIRST GOOD SHOT OF PRECIP...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE DANIEL BOONE PARKWAY. DEPENDING ON HOW WEAK GUIDANCE VALUES COME IN THIS EVENING...LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO REASSESS THIS FOR TOMORROW. MODELS COMING INTO SOMEWHAT BETTER AGREEMENT WITH LIFTING BOUNDARY NORTHWARD THROUGH MONDAY...AS LOW PRESSURE IN RESPONSE TO S/W AMPLIFICATION IN THE PLAINS TAKES SHAPE. WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGHER CHANCE POPS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH A GRADIENT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...AS JUICY AIR MASS STAYS WITH US. THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIURNALLY DRIVEN AS MID AND UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT REMAIN WEAK THROUGH TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE AND TROUGH AXIS RUSH THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY. THIS FEATURE HAS TRENDED SLOWER IN THE PAST RUN. WILL KEEP AN OPTIMISTIC DRY FORECAST FOR NOW ON THURSDAY...BUT WILL HANG ONTO CLOUD COVER A BIT LONGER. .JKL...NONE GEOGERIAN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS FOLLOW -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1024 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2003 SKIES ARE PARTLY SUNNY IN THE FAR SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. SATELLITE TRENDS DO NOT SUPPORT A SOUTHWARD DRIFT OF THE DENSER CLOUDS. LOW CLOUDS HAVE APPROACHED FROM THE SOUTH...BUT THINK THAT THEY WILL BE CONVECTIVE AND NOT OVERCAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. THINK THE BEST OPTION IS TO UPDATE THE FORECAST FROM MOSTLY CLOUDY TO PARTLY CLOUDY ALONG THE TN BORDER. WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR A RANGE OF SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPS (78-83) IN HARLAN AND LETCHER COUNTIES WHERE THERE HAS ALSO BEEN SOME SUN. THIS WILL ALSO BLEND BETTER WITH OUR TN BORDER COUNTY TEMPS FORECAST. FINALLY WILL ADJUST 2ND PERIOD WINDS TO BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN ALL GROUPS EXCEPT THE FAR NORTH. FAR NORTH STANDS THE BEST CHANCE AT A DEFINITIVE FRONTAL PASSAGE. HAL --------------------------------------------------------------------- 435 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2003 ALTHOUGH IT IS APPARENT THAT RAINFALL IS A GOOD BET FOR THIS WEEKEND WITH THE APPROACH OF A FRONTAL SYSTEM...INITIAL THOUGHTS COME THANKS TO META TIME-HEIGHT PLOTS THAT SUGGEST THE BEST LARGE SCALE FORCING TO OCCUR SATURDAY FROM ABOUT 12 TO 18Z...LEAVING THAT TIME FRAME AS OUR PRIMARY POP RECIPIENT...I AGREE. LOOKS NOW THAT THAT PROGRESSION OF THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BE LIMITED...BUT CONTRARY TO PRIOR MODEL RUNS THOUGHTS...LOOKS NOW AS THOUGH THE FRONT WILL MANAGE TO WORK ITS WAY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...COMPLETELY INTO THE CWA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS OPPOSED TO DANCING JUST TO THE NORTH....RESULTING IN HIGHER POPS...BUT THATS ACCORDING TO THE META. PAST DAY 1...META IS ON ITS OWN...WITH OTHERS KEEPING THE FRONT A BIT FURTHER NORTH...AND THUS KEEPING HIGHER POPS TO THE NORTH. AS A RESULT OF THIS...TRIED TO BLEND FROM THE META SOLUTION INTO A LEAN TOWARD THE AVN FURTHER OUT. FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK...KEPT MONDAYS POPS ABOUT THE SAME...MAYBE A LITTLE LOWER...BUT UPPED TUESDAYS POPS AS THE AVN BUCKLES OUT FRONTAL SYSTEM NORTHWARD...AND THEN PUSHES THE WESTERN BRANCH THROUGH THE CWA AT THAT TIME. AS FAR AS TEMPS GO...KEPT OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES A BIT WARMER TODAY THAN THE REST...COUNTING ON THE FACT THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE A BIT MORE SUN TODAY AS THE CLOUDS ADVANCE FROM THE NORTH. PAST THAT...ONLY SMALL TWEAKS WERE MADE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECASTERS TEMPS IN THE SHORT RANGE. ZONES OUT. COREY --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1008 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 SFC FNT NOW FM DAY TO EVV TO UNO ALSO SEEN ON RADAR WITH A GOOD LINE OF SHRA/TSRA. OTHER STORMS IN WARM SECTOR TO OUR SW BUT CURRENTLY OUR CWFA IS STORM FREE. DONT THINK IT WILL LAST LONG AS THE STORMS ARE KNOCKING AT OUR DOORSTEPS BOTH SW AND NW. CURRENT POPS ARE GOOD AND WITH CLOUDS AND DWPTS THINK TEMPS ALSO WITHIN REASON. WILL PUT OUT A QUICK UPDATE TO REMOVE MIDNIGHT TIMING...OTHERWISE NO CHANGES. DUSTY
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-311100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 504 AM EDT SAT AUG 30 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BRING ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A SURFACE TROUGH BECOMES STATIONARY ACROSS THE REGION. WET CONDITIONS WILL FINALLY SUBSIDE AROUND WEDNESDAY AS THE SURFACE TROUGH PUSHES EAST OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY SIGNIFICANT STORM REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INCLUDING EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...FLOODING...AND WIND DAMAGE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water flooded city streets as a festival was underway.
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